Uniform Police Case Study

In recent years, police actions, particularly police abuse, has come into view of a wide, public and critical eye. While citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been shown that they must also keep a watchful eye on those who are supposed to protect and serve. This paper will discuss the types of police abuse prevalent today, including the use of firearms and receipt of private information. I will also discuss what and how citizens ' rights are taken advantage of by police. For these problems, solutions will be discussed, focusing on political reform, education, and citizen review boards. These measures are necessary to protect ourselves from police taking advantage of their positions as law enforcement officers with greater permissive rights than private citizens. Because of this significant differential, all citizens must take affirmative action from physical brutality, rights violations, and information abuse. . All citizens must be aware of these rights to protect themselves against over-aggressive officers who take advantage of their position as badge and gun holders to intimidate and abuse civilians for personal or departmental goals.

Jessie, I really enjoyed your post as I have been a police officer for 18 years and it directly relates to my job. Yes, police departments across the country must strive to make their departments more diverse, especially with the rising Hispanic population. One main hindrance to this goal is the fact that many cities are doing away with pension programs and starting hybrid or 401K retirement plans. At my agency, the Knoxville Police Department, we are having problems getting any race to apply because of the new hybrid system. I would recommend offering ride-a-long and cadet programs to attract more minorities to the field. As far as keeping arrest numbers equal to the makeup of the population, there is no way to make this happen

Criminal justice majors have defined militarization of police forces as “the process whereby civilian police increasingly draw from, and pattern themselves around, the tenets of militarism and the military model” (Greenwald, 2014). Whereas, Kraska and Kappeler (1997) defined militarization as “a set of beliefs and values that stress the use of force and domination as appropriate means to solve problems and gain political power, while glorifying the tools to accomplish this [with] military power, hardware, and technology”. Militarization of police involves the use of military equipment and tactics by law enforcement officers (Balko, 2013), including such things as the use of armored personnel carriers, assault rifles, submachine guns, flashbang grenades, grenade launchers, sniper rifles, SWAT teams, etc. (Wood, 2014).

In the Training Day film, directed by Antoine Fuqua (2005), it depicted many cop code regarding police subculture. Subculture is "a subdivision of a national culture or an enclave within it with a distinct integrated network of behavior, beliefs, and attitudes" (Collins English Dictionary, n.d., as cited by Jones, 2005, p. 60). Although subculture has its positive impacts, the negative ideas about police subculture are more likely to garner attention. Alonzo and Jake portrayed many cop codes that include, “don't make waves,” “don’t leave work for the next tour,” “don't give up another cop,” and “protect you ass” (Pollock, 2015). These ideas contradict the code of ethics, values of the police organization, and society as whole

When police use force against a subject, they are often belittled and reprimanded by the media and public. “Police Brutality” and “Excessive Force” seem to be a daily headline in the news these days. This paper shall present research conducted on how to improve police-community relations. The goal, is the show the lack of understanding that exists between police and the community on what the job of police officer can and cannot lawfully do. By presenting this lack of understanding between police and community, we can work on improving relationships by educating the public on what is constitutionally permitted. By better educating the public, we can hopefully prevent rioting in future incidents and better remove the tensions that are present in encounters with law enforcement and minority communities.

Appearing on RTVi (Russian Television International), de Blasio on Friday said he strongly opposes the NYPD to cooperate with immigration enforcement agents, arguing New York will not change its policy towards illegal immigrants in the face of President Trump’s executive order.

On Being a Cop is a completely new breed of a book because it wasn’t intended to be a book. The origin of the book started out as a rookie cop writing emails about his workday to his father—who is also a higher ranking cop in the same department. Although each ‘chapter’ is a new individual story, Jim and Jay Padar’s goals of the book were: to lift the policing’s blue curtain, display the real struggles that officers constantly face, and try to give more of a humanitarian aspect of the job.

Figure 1 in the chapter showed two columns. One column contained different ways police officers act in public and when each form should be used. For example open stance or defense stance must be used when police officers must show authority. Another example force like OC, escort hold or other force forms must be used when individuals are resistance and possess possible threat. And of course the last force of authority is use of deadly force which only must be used to stop dangerous threat.

As a child growing up in the mid 1990’s I cannot think of another person to this day, outside of my father, that I respected more than a police officer. In my limited dealings with the police as a child it did not matter if I thought I was right. What the police officer said was the law and I must respect that and obey his orders. I did not come to this belief and respect of enforcement on my own. This was taught to me by my parents, grandparents, and even the parents of my peers. There was no talking back to police officers. No questioning their intentions. No disobeying. Police officers were well respected, trusted, and revered. Ask any child of that time period what they wanted to be when they grew up and the response would inevitably be “policeman” or “fireman.”

I agree education is something that will be a necessity within law enforcement. The growth of technology has changed the playing field for law enforcement and the pass requirement for a police officer to just depend of their street smarts in not enough. The new era police officer is required to not only be street smart, but also book smart. That combination strengthens law enforcement position, especially with the expansion of technology.

According to the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) website (http://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/html/home/home.shtml), accessed September 17, 2016, the CCRB is an independent city agency that handles complaints against New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers by civilians. The four types of allegations under the agency’s jurisdiction are: force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, and offensive language. Use of excessive or unnecessary force involves punching, shoving, choking, using pepper spray, and other behavior up to and including the use of deadly force. Abuse of authority refers to abuse of police powers to intimidate or mistreat a civilian such as an officer’s refusal to provide identification or an improper “stop, question,

On Friday, December 2, 2016, I, Officer McDaniel #147, of Mansfield ISD Police Department, located at 1522 N Walnut Creek Dr, Mansfield, TX, was on a campus check at Della Icenhower Intermediate, located at 8100 Webb Ferrell Rd, Arlington, TX. While on a Campus Check, I made contact with Assistant Principal Brooks, Amber, B/F, DOB 8/26/1985.

The Police force, commonly referred to as the boys in blue in an English idiom and even the uniformed service in other places have been easily identifiable to the public through their uniform. The uniform has not only been significant in identifying the particular station of the police but also the nature of work the police handles. Amongst the police officers, the uniform has also served as an identification of position in the chain of command. Even so, there are the secret investigators who dress like civilians to enable them perform their investigative roles. However, there are standards and policies that are used to guide the nature of dressing that a police officer is allowed to dress in regardless of whether or not a police officer is in uniform. This paper shall address the historical background of the choice of uniform in the police service, the need for the same and the impact that the uniform has had since its inception. Additionally, it shall address how the dress policy among the police is implemented and whether or not the policy is good and effective. Lastly, this paper shall look at the impacts of having a dress policy among the police to the police officers, the community and other stakeholders in the society.

Claim: This dissertation argues that tertiary education become a mandatory prerequisite for all police professionals.

Do you think police officers should be armed if their job is to protect schools? Many will argue yes because of safety reasons, but what if that leads to bigger problems? This has been a debate for years and has caused to create many rules that have or have not worked. For example the Gun-Free schools Act or the zero-tolerance policies. Although it protects students and can create a safe and secure environment, police officers in schools should not be armed because it can create discrimination, officers will feel with more power and authority, and take away student’s education.